Wire-fence repairer.



W.'J. SMITH.

WIRE FENCE REPAIRER.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.29. 1914.

1 1 61,749. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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Specification ofIietters Patent. PatgntedN 23,1911;

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=clare the following toJbe a full, clear, and exact descriptlon of'the lnvention,such as will enable others-skilled in the-art to which it appertains to. makeiand use the same;

This invention relates to an improved wire. stretcher having means whereby the loose or slack wireafterQ-the wire hasbeen stretched may be twisted, ,or in other words shrunken. w

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature involving simple,;efiicient, and practical features of construction.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

Theinvention comprises further features andcombination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

lfn the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in perspective, showing the head of; the device fulcruming againsta post and a Wire caught between the clenching jaws so as to be stretched. Fig. 2 is a view showing the wire adjacent one post being twisted, the remaining portion of the wire having been stretched, in this manner the slack wires, after a wire has been stretched beyond both sides of the post, areshrunk. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the head of the device being utilized as a staple puller. Fig. 4 is a view showing the pieces of wire'being cut. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the tool, more clearly showing how the extension 12 may be adjusted, so that the teeth 9 and 14 may be separated farther apart. Fig. 6 is an edge view of a portion of the tool, showing the extension 12 bolted in place, so as not to be adjusted. Fig. 7 is a perspective View, showing how the slack or loose wire is shrunk and twisted. Fig. 8 is a view in elevation, show ing the manner of shrinking or twisting the wire, and how the staples are arranged to engage the loops of the twisted wire.

- Referring more especially to the draw-- ings, 1 designates a handle member, and 2 a aw member pivoted at 3 to the handle member 1, said jaw member having a handle portion 4. The jaw member and the handle member are provided with notches 5 and 6, the walls of which areinclined as shown,

when inserted in said I notches. .n ember is provided with acurved end edge having? clenching teeth 9. The handle memand the notch 5 is provided with-a cutting edge7 to cooperate with a cutting edge 8 of the;,no.tch,:i, for severing apiece of wire The jaw berflat oneoend is. provided with adovetailed rec,ess.10, to receive dove-tailed tongue 11 of an extension 12,. so, as towhold the-extension upon oneface of the handle member, thereby afiording a shoulder 13 having'teeth' 14. A thumb screw 15 passes throng-bathe extension into the handle mem-ber adjacent thedove-tailed tongue and groove or recess, for holding the extension 12 in: adjusted positions, which may be-adjusted toward and from the tooth curved edge of the j aw rneinber, so that wires of different thicknesses may be clenched between said teeth.

As shown in Fig. 6 the extension 12' is bolted, by means of the bolts 12 to the handlemember 1, so that theextension 12 need not be adjusted. The extension 12 is provided with a head :17 having a broad end, which fulcrums upon a post when stretching a wire, which is placed between said clenching teeth, which are alined di- 'rectly with the center of said head, and owing to the'broad end of the head, the

twisting'rof the tool when stretching a wire is reduced'to a minimum. The other end of the head terminates in a pointed curved por tion 18' to be inserted in a staple for extracting the same. The handle member 1 is providedwith an additional extensionl9 extending at an angle to the body of the handle member; Upon both sides of thehandle f member adjacent-just where the extension 19 (which is disposed at an obtuse angle to the handle) merges into the body of the handlemember are plates 20 secured in place 7 by the rivets or other suitable means 21.

These plates 20 are provided with duplicate U-shaped portions 22 projecting beyond the edge of the handle member, the ears or flanges 23 of said U-shaped portions extending in opposite directions. 7 o I As shown in the drawings there is a pluralityofposts 25, 26 and 28 illustrated. The

wire as indicated at 40 and 41 beyond the fastened to the post 26. To accomplish this the tool is placed, so that the wire 42 passes between the adjacent faces of the U-shaped' portions of said plates 20, as shown clearly in Figs. 2, 7 and 8, then the tool is twisted or turned in the direction indicated by the arrow a in Fig. 2, the wire or portion 42 twisting or coiling about the U-shaped portions 22, as shown clearly in Figs. 7 and 8.

After that portion of the wire 42 has been twisted or coiled as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 a pair of staples 43 are inserted between the fianges or ears 23 of the U-shaped portions 22, and driven into the post 26, thereby fastening the wire to the post, and after the staples are completely driven home, said U- shaped portions are then removed from the loops in the-rwire.

slack wire, comprising a handle member hav mg an extension extending at'an obtuse angle to the handle member, a pair of plates secured directly opposite one another upon opposite faces of the handle member at the junction where said extension blends into the handle member, said plates being extended beyond one edge of the handle member and terminating in U-shaped portions comprising flanges extending in opposite directions and parallel to each other, whereby upon imparting a turning movement to the handle member the slack wire coils about said flanges of the Ushaped portions, said U- shaped portions being designed to receive the staples which straddle the wire of the coil.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in the presence of Copies of this patent. may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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